DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS.
by BRADBURY, RAY
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine DJ
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London:: Grafton,, 1986. First edition thus. Cloth. Near Fine in Fine DJ. Spine slightly cocked.
Synopsis
Death Is a Lonely Business is a mystery novel by Ray Bradbury published in 1985. The story, set in 1949, is about a series of murders that happen in Venice, California, then a declining seaside community in Los Angeles where Bradbury lived from 1942 to 1950. The main character and narrator (who never mentions his name) is a sensitive, modest writer, with a girlfriend studying in Mexico City.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Primrose Hill Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19660
- Title
- DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS.
- Author
- BRADBURY, RAY
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine DJ
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grafton,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1986
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...